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RATHA YATRA, the Festival of Chariots.

This year (2023) the auspicious Jagannath Puri Rath Yatra will take place on June 20( Tomorrow).

Important Facts about Rath Yatra, Every Hindu Must know.

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Chariots of Shri Jagannath is celebrated every year at Puri,the temple town in Odisha,on the second (dwitiya) day of shukla pakshya (waxing cycle of moon) of Āshādha Māsa (3rd month of Odia calendar).

The presiding deities of the Jagannath Temple, Puri's main temple, Prabhu Jagannath, Prabhu Balabhadra and Goddess Subhadra, with the celestial wheel- Sudarshana Chakra (ସୁଦର୍ଶନ ଚକ୍ର) are removed from the temple in a ceremonial procession to their chariots.

The huge, colourfully decorated chariots are drawn by multitude of devotees on the bada danda, the grand avenue to the Gundicha Temple (Gundicha– King Indradyumna's Queen), two miles away to the North.

On the way the chariot of Lord Jagannatha, Nandighosa (ନନ୍ଦିଘୋଷ) waits near the crematorium of Bhakta Salabega (ଭକ୍ତ ସାଲବେଗ), a Muslim devotee, to pay him tribute.On their way back from the Gundicha Temple, the three deities stop for a while near,

the Mausi Maa Temple (Aunt's abode) and have an offering of the Poda Pitha.
After a stay for seven days, the deities return to their abode.

The three chariots of Jagannath, Balabhadra and Subhadra are newly constructed every year with wood of specified trees like phassi, dhausa, etc.
Name of Chariot : Nandighosha (Jagannath), Taladhwaja(Balabhadra),
Darpadalana(Subhadra).
Number of wheels: 16, 14, 12 Respectively.

Colours of the canopiesRed, Yellow
(yellow associated with Vishnu)
Red, Bluish green(Balabhadra),
Red, Black (Subhadra).

Jai Jagannath Prabhu 🙏